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Brain biomarkers in neuropsychology and psychopathology in clinical practice Volume 14, issue 2, Avril-Mai-Juin 2022

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1 Neuropsychologie et psychologie, 63 avenue de la République, 94140 Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
2 AP-HP, Hôpital Henri-Mondor, Service de neurologie, 94010 Créteil, France
3 Université Paris Est-Créteil, Inserm, IMRB, 94010 Créteil, France
4 Université de Picardie Jules-Verne, CRP-CPO, UR UPJV 7273, 80025 Amiens, France
* Correspondance : M. Aoun Sebaïti

Neuropsychology is a discipline in the field of neuroscience whose clinical application has not ceased to evolve over time by benefiting from the technological and scientific advances of its research aspect. The use of electroencephalographic (EEG) technology via the quantitative EEG method (EEGq) in recent articles has made it possible to highlight specific EEG signatures in psychiatric and neurological pathologies: biomarkers. Until now, whether for diagnostic or cognitive remediation purposes, the neuropsychologist’s tools were mainly composed of paper and pencil or computerized tests using intermediaries to test the various neurocognitive functions. Recently, the evolution of knowledge in EEG imaging and its diagnostic use with engineering has allowed the development of easy-to-use portable EEG headsets, within reach of clinicians in the field of neuropsychology, constituting a new tool for direct brain exploration. Access to and use of these new tools will keep the clinical application of neuropsychology in a constant forward movement, in direct connection with the perpetual advances of science and technology.